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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Vilen, M
• Kelly, J M
• Kankainen, A
• Brodeur, M
• Aprahamian, A
• Canete, L
• Eronen, T
• Jokinen, A
• Kuta, T
• Moore, I D
• Mumpower, M R
• Nesterenko, D A
• Penttilä, H
• Pohjalainen, I
• Porter, W S
• Rinta-Antila, S
• Surman, R
• Voss, A
• Äystö, J

Titel

Precision Mass Measurements on Neutron-Rich Rare-Earth Isotopes at JYFLTRAP: Reduced Neutron Pairing and Implications for r-Process Calculations

Ist Teil von

• Physical review letters, 2018-06, Vol.120 (26), p.262701-262701, Article 262701

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Physical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

American Physical Society Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The rare-earth peak in the r-process abundance pattern depends sensitively on both the astrophysical conditions and subtle changes in nuclear structure in the region. This work takes an important step towards elucidating the nuclear structure and reducing the uncertainties in r-process calculations via precise atomic mass measurements at the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap. ^{158}Nd, ^{160}Pm, ^{162}Sm, and ^{164-166}Gd have been measured for the first time, and the precisions for ^{156}Nd, ^{158}Pm, ^{162,163}Eu, ^{163}Gd, and ^{164}Tb have been improved considerably. Nuclear structure has been probed via two-neutron separation energies S_{2n} and neutron pairing energy metrics D_{n}. The data do not support the existence of a subshell closure at N=100. Neutron pairing has been found to be weaker than predicted by theoretical mass models. The impact on the calculated r-process abundances has been studied. Substantial changes resulting in a smoother abundance distribution and a better agreement with the solar r-process abundances are observed.